Michael B. Jordan says over a decade after 'Fruitvale Station', the 'fight for black lives to matter is not over.'
Fruitvale StationJordan marked the movie's anniversary with an Instagram slideshow on Monday that included behind-the-scenes photos from set, interviews where he and co-star
talked about Grant, Coogler and the story they set out to tell, and a photo of the real-life man who inspired the tragic tale.shed light on the story of Oscar Grant, a young black man who was shot by a BART police officer on January 1, 2010," he wrote. "Over a decade later, the fight for black lives to matter is not over. Our voices cannot be silenced. We need more black storytellers to bring our darkness, our pain, and our purpose to light.
"And our demands cannot be derailed. We need systemic change, and to defund bloated police budgets to get funds to education, jobs, and health professionals," Jordan continued. "Thank you Miss Wanda, mother of Oscar Grant — because of you, this movement has a mother’s love. #oscargrant #oscargrantfoundation #defundthepolice #blacklivesmatter."
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